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Uncharted TerritoryNovel
Connie Willisstandalone novel1994
About space exploration and expeditions.
Cycle of FireNovel
Hal Clementstandalone novel1957
Hard science fiction, reflective and tense in tone, about survival.
“After his ship crashed on the inhospitable planet Abyorman, Nils Kruger had spent weeks wandering across the face of the planet.suffering from blistering heat, the searing cold of an alien climate.”
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HokaSeries
series33 books1951
completed
Science fiction and humor, funny in tone, about aliens, set in far future and other star systems.
“Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson's Hoka stories follow the Hokas, a teddy-bear-like alien race who enthusiastically role-play human genres and history, to comic effect.”
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Start with The Sheriff of Canyon Gulch →
Downward to the EarthNovel
Robert Silverbergstandalone novel1969
Reflective in tone, about redemption and colonialism.
“On his return, he feels a new sense of kinship with the natives, perhaps more than for the Terran tourists.”
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The Gods ThemselvesNovel
Isaac Asimovstandalone novel1972
Hard science fiction, challenging in tone, set in parallel universe and the moon.
Known SpaceUniverse
universe142 books1964
Set in space.
“Give a clever species a few centuries and a working fusion drive, and it will fill the sky with problems.”
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Start with Ringworld →
includes Ringworld, Man-Kzin Wars, Fleet of Worlds